Gold Coast Transit

Gold Coast Transit District, formerly known as South Coast Area Transit (SCAT), is a local bus operator in western Ventura County, California, serving Ventura, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ojai, and the adjoining areas of unincorporated Ventura County.

Gold Coast Transit District

Founded	1973
Headquarters	301 East Third Street, Oxnard, CA
Service area	Ventura County, CA
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Routes	20[1]
Fleet	57 transit buses[1] 24 paratransit vans[1]
Daily ridership	11,893 (Weekday, 2013/2014); 7,644 (Saturday, 2013/2014); 7,011 (Sunday, 2013/2014)
Website	goldcoasttransit.org

History

Gold Coast Transit District was founded in 1973 as South Coast Area Transit with the merger of the Ventura City Transit Lines and the Oxnard Municipal Bus Lines.[2] Until 1994, SCAT also served Santa Paula. Service to Santa Paula has since been replaced with VISTA routes and a dial-a-ride service within the City of Santa Paula. The system adopted the name Gold Coast Transit effective July 1, 2007.[3] This accompanied a change in bus livery and the acquisition of 26 new buses.[4]

In October 2013, Assembly Bill 664 was chartered as the enabling legislation to transition Gold Coast Transit from a Joint Powers Authority to a Special Purpose Transit District. On July 1, 2014, Gold Coast Transit officially transitioned to become the Gold Coast Transit District.[5] The District founding member jurisdictions includes the cities of Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ventura and the County of Ventura. The bill allows other cities in the County of Ventura to subsequently join the district.[6]

In 2014, GCTD leadership was recognized with the District being honored as the “Transit Agency of the Year” at the Small Operators award ceremony hosted by the California Transit Association (CTA) [7] as part of its 49th Annual Conference and Expo in Monterey, California.

On May 10, 2017 Gold Coast Transit District broke ground on the new Operations and Maintenance Facility.[8][9] The facility opened in July 2019.[10]

Service area

Gold Coast Transit District provides bus service to these cities and communities:

• Oxnard
• Ventura
• Port Hueneme
• Ojai
• El Rio
• Saticoy
• Oak View
• Mira Monte
• Ventura County

Routes

As of July 2015, Gold Coast Transit District operates 19 Fixed Routes and ACCESS Paratransit Service.

Fixed Routes

Route	Terminals		Via	Headway	Notes
1A	Oxnard Transit Center 4th Street and Meta Street	Port Hueneme	C Street, Saviers Road	20 minutes daily	Clockwise loop along Hueneme Rd, Surfside Dr, Ventura Rd, Ponoma St, and Bard Rd. Serves Centerpoint Mall and Oxnard DMV
1B					Counter-clockwise loop along Bard Rd, Ventura Rd, Ponoma St, Surfside Dr, and Hueneme Rd Serves Centerpoint Mall and Oxnard DMV
2	Oxnard Transit Center 4th Street and Meta Street	Colonia	3rd Street, Colonia Rd, 1st Street	45 minutes daily	Clockwise loop within the neighborhood Interlined with Route 3
3	Oxnard Transit Center 4th Street and Meta Street	Naval Base Ventura Road and Bard Road	J street, C Street Transfer Center	45-50 minutes daily	Clockwise loop After C Street along Teakwood, Ventura Rd, and Channel Islands Bl Interlined with Route 2
4A	Oxnard Transit Center 4th Street and Meta Street	North Oxnard Loop	4th Street, Doris St, Ventura Rd, Gonzales Rd, Rose Ave	50 minutes daily	Clockwise loop along listed streets
4B				30 minutes daily	Counter-clockwise loop along listed streets
5	Oxnard Transit Center 4th Street and Meta Street	Seabridge Victoria Avenue and Wooley Road	5th Street, Ventura Rd, Wooley Rd	45 minutes daily	Performs a clockwise loop beginning at Novato Dr. along Hemlock St. and Victoria
6	Oxnard Transit Center 4th Street and Meta Street	Ventura Ventura Avenue and Seneca Avenue	C Street, Victoria Ave, Telegraph Road, Main Street, Ventura Ave	25 minutes weekdays, 15-20 minutes peak 25-35 minutes Saturday 25-35 minutes Sunday	Serves Government Center, Ventura College, Pacific View Mall and Downtown Ventura 5 minute walk to East Ventura (Metrolink station) from Grand/Bristol bus stop Late night services (weekdays only): last trip departs OTC toward Ventura at 9:00 pm, last trip departs Ventura Ave@Seneca toward Oxnard at 9:12 pm
7	C Street Transfer Center Centerpoint Mall	South Oxnard Butler Road and Pleasant Valley Road	Saviers Rd, Pleasant Valley Rd, Bard Rd	45 minutes daily	Serves Oxnard College and Oxnard DMV Performs loop around mobile home parks
8	Oxnard Transit Center 4th Street and Meta Street	C Street Transfer Center Centerpoint Mall	Rose Ave, Bard Rd, Saviers Rd	45 minutes daily	Serves Oxnard College and Oxnard DMV
9	Lemonwood San Mateo and El Dorado	Cal Giesler Giesler Avenue and Date Street	Saviers Rd, Giesler Ave, Channel Islands Bl, Rose Ave	50 minutes daily	Performs loop at both ends of the line along Ash St, Gisler Ave, and Laurel St on the West end and Ives, San Mateo, and El Dorado on the East End
10	Ventura Transfer Center Pacific View Mall	Wells Center Wells Road and Carlos Street	Telegraph Road	60 minutes daily	Serves Ventura College Performs loop in Saticoy along Darling Rd, Campanula Ave, Violeta St, and Los Angeles Ave Interlined with Route 16
11	Ventura Transfer Center Pacific View Mall	Wells Center Wells Road and Carlos Street	Telephone Road	30 minutes weekdays 40 minutes weekends	Serves Ventura DMV and Government Center
15	Esplanade Shopping Center West Esplanade Drive and Wagon Wheel Road	St John's Regional Medical Center Rose Avenue and Gonzales Road	Vineyard Ave, Simon Way, Alvarado St, Auto Center Dr, Rose Ave, Nyeland Acres	60 minutes daily	Serves El Rio and Nyeland Acres Performs a loop around Auto Center Shopping Plaza Interlined with Route 17
16	Ventura Transfer Center Pacific View Mall	Downtown Ojai Ojai Avenue and Fox Street (Park & Ride)	Thompson Blvd, Ventura Ave, HWY 33, Ojai Avenue	60 minutes daily	Serves St. Bonaventure Interlined with Route 10
17	Esplanade Shopping Center West Esplanade Drive and Wagon Wheel Road, Oxnard Blvd and Clyde River (The Collection)	Oxnard College The Collection(Riverpark) Rose Avenue and Gonzales (St. John's), Rose and Westar, Rose Avenue and Bard Road	Ventura Boulevard, Rose Ave	60 minutes daily	Serves Channel Islands High School
19	Oxnard Transit Center 4th Street and Meta Street	Central Oxnard Loop	5th Street, Victoria Ave, Gonzales Rd, Rice Ave, 3rd Street, Sturgis Ave	60 minutes daily	Performs clockwise loop
20					Performs counter-clockwise loop Route 20 operates on weekdays only
21	C Street Transfer Center Centerpoint Mall	Ventura Transfer Center Pacific View Mall	Channel Islands Boulevard, Victoria Avenue, Telegraph Rd	60 minutes daily 30 minutes weekday peak periods	Serves C Street Transfer Center, Ventura College, Naval Base and Government Center

School Trippers

Along with normal fixed routes, Gold Coast Transit District operates 4 "School Trippers" that supplement school bus service to the local high schools. Anyone can ride them, but they only operate on weekdays, one trip in the morning towards the school, and once in the afternoon away from the school.

Route	Terminals		Via	Notes
18A	Oxnard High School Gonzales Road and Merion Way	C Street Transfer Center	M Street, Doris Street	Performs a loop along Victoria Ave and Patterson Rd
18C	Oxnard High School Gonzales Road and Merion Way	5th Street and Ventura Road	J Street, Wooley Rd, Ventura Rd, Vineyard Ave	Performs a loop along Victoria Ave and Patterson Rd
18F	Ventura High School Main Street and Catalina Street	Ventura Avenue and Norway Drive	Main Street and Figueroa Street	Morning trip continues on to Ventura Transfer Center
18G	Rio Mesa High School Central at Rio Mesa HS	Vineyard at St. Mary's, Ventura Road at Gonzales	5th Street, H Street, Ventura Rd, Vineyard Ave, Gonzales Rd, Rice Ave, 3rd Street	Morning trip goes along H Street and M Street No afternoon trip as of August 24, 2014

References

1. About Gold Coast Transit District
2. Vandervoort, Bill. "TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN CALIFORNIA: LOS ANGELES AREA/OUTLYING COUNTIES". Chicago Transit & Railfan Website. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
3. Announcement on front page of official site: http://www.goldcoasttransit.org/
4. "Transit service gets new name, colors". Ventura County Star. July 2, 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
5. "Assembly Bill No. 664" California State Legislative Information Accessed 18 November 2014
6. Public Utilities Code: DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS: PART 18. GOLD COAST TRANSIT DISTRICT § 107000
7. "Transit Agency of the Year". California Transit Association. 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
8. Coverly, Lynnette. "New Facility Groundbreaking". www.goldcoasttransit.org. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
9. Harris, Mike (April 22, 2019). "Gold Coast Transit prepares for clean air future with electric bus test run". Ventura County Star. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
10. Harris, Mike (July 12, 2019). "Grand opening Saturday for Gold Coast Transit's new 15-acre headquarters in Oxnard". Ventura County Star. Retrieved July 19, 2019.

External links

• Official website